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@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ The header files are typically installed with Python. On Unix, these are
located in the directories :file:`{prefix}/include/pythonversion/` and
:file:`{exec_prefix}/include/pythonversion/`, where :envvar:`prefix` and
:envvar:`exec_prefix` are defined by the corresponding parameters to Python's
-:program:`configure` script and *version* is ``sys.version[:3]``. On Windows,
-the headers are installed in :file:`{prefix}/include`, where :envvar:`prefix` is
-the installation directory specified to the installer.
+:program:`configure` script and *version* is
+``'%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2]``. On Windows, the headers are installed
+in :file:`{prefix}/include`, where :envvar:`prefix` is the installation
+directory specified to the installer.
To include the headers, place both directories (if different) on your compiler's
search path for includes. Do *not* place the parent directories on the search
@@ -578,9 +579,9 @@ Sometimes, it is desirable to "uninitialize" Python. For instance, the
application may want to start over (make another call to
:c:func:`Py_Initialize`) or the application is simply done with its use of
Python and wants to free memory allocated by Python. This can be accomplished
-by calling :c:func:`Py_Finalize`. The function :c:func:`Py_IsInitialized` returns
+by calling :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`. The function :c:func:`Py_IsInitialized` returns
true if Python is currently in the initialized state. More information about
-these functions is given in a later chapter. Notice that :c:func:`Py_Finalize`
+these functions is given in a later chapter. Notice that :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`
does *not* free all memory allocated by the Python interpreter, e.g. memory
allocated by extension modules currently cannot be released.